Robert Burns and Friends: essays by W. Ormiston Roy Fellows presented to G. Ross Roy - Paperback

by Kenneth Simpson (Editor), Corey E. Andrews (Contribution by), Valentina Bold (Contribution by)

This volume of essays about the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) pays tribute to the distinguished Burns scholar Professor G. Ross Roy. Subjects covered include writers who influenced Burns; aspects of Burns's own writing, friends and contemporaries; and Burns's influence on later writers. The volume also includes essays on Ross Roy's own accomplishments and on the Burns collection he built (now at the University of South Carolina), together with a checklist of his published writings.

Author Biography

Patrick Scott retired from the University of South Carolina as Distinguished Professor of English, Emeritus, and Director of the Irvin Department of Rare Books & Special Collections, home of the G. Ross Roy Collection. Kenneth Simpson retired from the University of Strathclyde as Reader in English and Director of the Center for Scottish Cultural Studies, and has also been Honorary Professor of Burns Studies at the University of Glasgow and Neag Distinguished Professor of British Literature at the University of Connecticut.